Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Niklaas · since 1996
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Site preparation · since 2024
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Hamont-Achel · since 2024
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Site preparation · since 2025
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Inland freight water transport · since 1994
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Algemeen welzijnswerk met huisvesting · Tournai · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · since 2026
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Roeselare · since 1991
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since 2012
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Cafés and bars · Aalst · since 2024
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Book publishing · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1995
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Hotels and similar accommodation · As · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2007
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Insurance agents and brokers · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2017
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1981
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General construction of residential buildings · Diest · since 1986
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Malle · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · Brasschaat · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of MARIE - AVENUE LOUISE · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1994
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Name of an establishment · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Berlaar · since 1994
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Mixed farming · Pepingen · since 1994
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Verhuur en lease van woon- en bureelcontainers en dergelijke accommodatie · Koksijde · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 1998
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Brussel · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1983
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Zonhoven · since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1996
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Zundert · since 1998
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Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Tremelo · since 2017
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1989
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 1992
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Kortemark · since 2015
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · Ledegem · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Nijlen · since 2021
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Keerbergen · since 2020
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Wuustwezel · since 2021
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Support activities for crop production · Leopoldsburg · since 2022
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Aarschot · since 2009
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Abbreviation of MARIE LINGERIE · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van poets- en reinigingsmiddelen · Ronse · since 2003
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Riemst · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2005
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Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Translation services · since 2019
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Gent · since 2023
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Herk-de-Stad · since 2024
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Kluisbergen · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · De Haan · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2026
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Lokeren · since 1979
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Zaventem · since 1995